Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III: Tapes Series

Sullivan's brief summary of topics: 1945 (and some mention of Southworth and Hey and other radar during the war) to "commissioning" of Parkes' 210 ft in 1961. History of CSIRO including research - cliff interferometer and other early work at those seaside field stations (still need to talk about Fleurs, Potts Hill, etc), moon radar, 21-cm confirmation, development of Australian radio astronomy in general, story of Parkes dish and Bowen-Mills-Christiansen antagonism, J. Pawsey as a man and a teacher.

Interviewed 8 June 1972 at Sullivan's home in Winsum, Holland, length of interview: 14 minutes.

Sullivan's brief summary of topics: Fills in 10/3/1971 interview with details on early work done at CSIRO field stations at Fleurs, Dapto, Potts Hill, etc (a third session on all of his 1950s and 1960s 21-cm work and what Parkes dish did in first 5 years is still needed).

Interviewed 25 February 1976 at the University of Maryland, length of interview: 45 minutes.

Sullivan's brief summary of topics: His own 21-cm work 1951-1965 including initial studies of Magellanic Clouds, first and second southern H I galactic surveys, H I structure, rotation curve (lII, bII), warp of plane, etc; other odd galactic projects in continuum also.